Benin Monarch throws weight behind anti-human trafficking fight, as Obaseki inaugurates Traditional Council

*…says 2-year jail term awaits fake kings, chiefs*

The Benin Monarch, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has thrown his weight and that of the Edo State Traditional Council behind the fight against illegal migration and human trafficking, which have claimed the lives of thousands of Edo youths.
Oba Ewuare II, who spoke on Wednesday during the inauguration of the Edo State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs by the Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, condemned the act and expressed disappointment in the Nigerian Embassy in Libya and the Libyan government for their inability to tackle the crisis.

He said it was particularly frustrating that it had to take a news report by the Cable News Network (CNN) for the government and other stakeholders to respond to the crisis.

The Benin Monarch said the crisis could have been better managed if the relevant authorities lived up to their roles, instead of allowing it to fester. He commended the governor for his efforts at resettling and reintegrating the Libyan returnees through various skills acquisition programmes.

Inaugurating the traditional council, Governor Obaseki expressed his gratitude to the Benin Monarch and the other traditional rulers for their support to his administration since his inauguration in November, last year.

He said that as an advisory body, his administration would continue “to consult the council on a wide range of issues from time to time and advised that a two-year jail term awaits any person that purports to create a traditional ruler title or any title purporting same to be traditional ruler title.”

The governor explained that “This council is in accordance with the Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Law No. 16 of 1979 as amended by law No. 2 of 1993. Membership of this all-important Council is as provided for in Section 40 (2) a-d of the Amended Law No. 2 of 1993 with the Oba of Benin not only as Chairman but the Paramount Traditional Ruler as provided for in Section 2 of the Amended Law No. 2 of 1993.”

He assured that his administration would continue to partner with the traditional council in the areas of law, order and security, stemming the tide of illegal migration, environmental sanitation, registration of Edo citizens and in the mobilisation of indigenes and residents of Edo State to participate in government policies and programmes, settlement of land disputes, agriculture, amongst others.

Obaseki further said that the support of the traditional council would be needed in health programmes and urged them to sensitise people in their areas of jurisdiction to be alive to their civic duties such as the payment of taxes and voter registration exercise.

He added that the various institutional reforms being implemented in the state have started yielding results as internally generated revenues by local councils have increased by 500 percent, from N30 million in November 2016, to N150 million in November this year.




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L-R: His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, Oba of Benin and Chairman, Edo State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs; Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, His Royal Highness, Aliru Momoh, Ikelebe II, Otaru of Auchi and Vice Chairman, Edo State Council of Traditional Rulers and Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., during the inauguration of the Edo State Council of Traditional Rulers at the Government House, in Benin City on Wednesday, December 13, 2017

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SicilianMafia:
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Prostitution is really a problem in edo I'm happy the government wants to take steps to stop young edo girls from selling themselves in Libya, Italy etc, its really giving we Bini people a bad name, if go online its littered with stories of edo girls going into prostitution


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Thank you my Governor for trying to remove this prostitution tag and shame from all bini girls God will bless you

Them know nah

nengibo01:

Prostitution is really a problem in edo I'm happy the government wants to take steps to stop young edo girls from selling themselves in Libya, Italy etc, its really giving we Bini people a bad name, if go online its littered with stories of edo girls going into prostitution


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQj9_YL4SZQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NWaKk-hzk0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3b8iWM_OSk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_A--eP2d-k


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOQEqFMf4A8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeUPsgLDR9E

Thank you my Governor for trying to remove this prostitution tag and shame from all bini girls God will bless you

Look at this ijaw settler and land grabber trying to use the backdoor in claiming he is from Benin.

bright007:
Look at this ijaw settler and land grabber trying to use the backdoor in claiming he is from Benin.

For even the devil is a settler and a landgrabber in hell, and still pays royalties to the oba of benin

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nengibo01:

Prostitution is really a problem in edo I'm happy the government wants to take steps to stop young edo girls from selling themselves in Libya, Italy etc, its really givingBini people a bad name, if go online its littered with stories of edo girls going into prostitution

https://www.youtubecom/watch?v=pQj9_YL4SZQ

https://m.youtube.com/wtch?v=3NWaKk-hzk0

https://m.youtube.co/watch?v=_3b8iWM_OSk

https://m.youtube.om/watch?v=S_A--eP2d-k

https://m.youtube.com/watch?vHOQEqFMf4A8

https://m.youtube.com/wtch?v=OeUPsgLDR9E

Thank you my Governor for trying to remove this prostitution tag and shame from all bini girls God will bless you

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You this ijaw boy choppn Ban like water u are back here again spreading your sick bigotry , you changed from Afrifa to Adafonju then to Nenigbo now its Nenigbo1 how many more monikers are you going to open , abi is it until they ban your IP ?

SicilianMafia:
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You this ijaw boy choppn Ban like water u are back here again spreading your sick bigotry , you changed from Afrifa to Adafonjo then to Nenigbo now its Nenigbo1 how many more monikers are you going to open , abi is it until they ban your IP ?

My dear edo brother, you are wrong
Let's join our governor to stop the trafficking and pimping of edo girls in Libya and Italy, its doing us no good, our ladies are now given vulgar stereotypes like ashawo, hoes, witch etc whenever they introduce themselves as edo people, let's leave all this sentiments aside and tackle this scourge head on

SicilianMafia:
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You this ijaw boy choppn Ban like water u are back here again spreading your sick bigotry , you changed from Afrifa to Adafonjo then to Nenigbo now its Nenigbo1 how many more monikers are you going to open , abi is it until they ban your IP ?

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bright007:
Look at this ijaw settler and land grabber trying to use the backdoor in claiming he is from Benin.

Seeing all Edos united behind their King (Omo n'Oba n'Edo) seems to be making some ijaw very uncomfortable.
I love my Edo people. We won't let outsiders devide us. One King, one people !
Oba Ghato Kpere, Ise !!!